Principal Software Engineer

Overview

Would you like to work on the team that powers the most popular operating system – Windows – and impact over a billion people globally with your day-to-day work If yes, come join us! We are the Windows Developer Platform team, and we build the platform that developers use to build the most engaging apps for Windows.  

We are looking for Principal Software Engineer to join the team for taking the platform forward in their evolution. We want to expand the capabilities of the Windows app platform and need you to help us drive the revolution. It is a unique opportunity to work on both Microsoft technologies and one of the largest customer bases in the world! You will also get an opportunity to collaborate across various teams within Windows group and across product groups within the company and work with some of the best minds in the world!  

The more diverse our team, the more inclusive our end result. To that end, we encourage applicants from any background and with any perspective.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C++ OR C#.
• Deep technical experience including leading others.
• Researching (and perhaps building prototypes and beyond) some new ways of doing something.
• Demonstrates a mastery of communication and data presentation and storytelling skills.
• Exhibits a growth mindset and humility, while working through high stakes scenarios.
• Proven experiences as an ally who can further a more open, diverse, and inclusive workplace with a goal of everyone feeling like they belong.
• Demonstrated hypothesis-driven, problem-solving orientation.
• Strong technical and analytical skills, and a passion for customers.
• Strong design, coding, debugging, teamwork, and communication skills.
• 10 + years of experience shipping commercial software.  
• 5+ years of experience with C++ and/or C# 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Windows development tools and technologies, including Visual Studio and the Windows SDK. XAML familiarity is a plus.  
• Win32 application and systems programming experience will be a bonus.  
• Experience working on Open-Source projects in GitHub.   

Other Requirements

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Responsibilities

We are building a center of excellence for client platform in Windows India organization. The platform enables first-party and third-party developers to build amazing Windows apps.

• As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality software components and libraries for Windows Developers.
• You will be exposing the capabilities via APIs which need to follow consistent patterns, are scalable, extensible and maintainable.
• You will also play a key role in open-ended explorations, prototyping and identifying opportunities for our developers.
• You will have the amazing opportunity learn and grow by working closely with the architects, senior engineers, Program Managers, and AI/ML scientists who contribute to the overall technical vision and strategy of the architectural how of how we build a scalable architecture with great fundamentals (such as performance, power, reliability). And you may need to interact with our amazing open resource community developers via GitHub.